Museu do Abade de Bacal description and photos - Portugal: Braganca (Topic)

Museum of the Abbot of Basal (Museu do Abade de Bacal) description and photos - Portugal: Braganca. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Museu do Abade de Bacal.

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Museum of the Abbot of Basalle - one of the most famous museums in the country - is located in the former bishop's palace of the 17th century. The palace was rebuilt several times. There is a beautiful garden nearby, where the museum exhibits are also exhibited - archaeological finds, sculptures, etc.

The museum is named after the Bishop of Basal, Abbot Francisco Manuel Alves, who was a famous scientist and archaeologist. His studies of the history and traditions of the Traz-us-Montes region have been published in 11 volumes. He was also an avid collector of religious art and many other things.

In 1915, a museum was founded, based on the findings of the Bishop of Basal. In 1935, the museum was awarded the title of the Museum of the Abbot of Basal. Among the exhibits are numismatic rare items, medieval instruments of torture, sculpture and ceramics of the 15-20th centuries, traditional costumes and Indo-Portuguese paintings and furnishings of the 18-20th centuries. Attention is drawn to paintings and photographs that depict the daily life of the province of Traz-us-Montis right up to the present day.

In the museum, you can also see paintings by the famous Portuguese artist Aurelia di Sosa, other contemporary artists, as well as the anonymous triptych "The Torment of St. Ignatius" of the 16th century.

The museum was reconstructed several times. The latter was in 2006, and in December of the same year, visitors were able to enjoy the exhibits again.

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